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I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the…

— John Legend

Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on…

— Iron & Wine

We love great melodies and great songs that have great hooks and melodies, so we start a little bit more on that side as…

— Dave Haywood

Sometimes I start with lyrics - rarely - but sometimes I might have an idea for some lyrics that I wanna say. I write…

— Leon Bridges

What it boils down to is that we look for a melody and we look for a lyric, and we look for an atmosphere…

— Jim Kerr

I usually start with a guitar riff or some little pattern of chords, and then I kind of go from there. Usually my lyrics…

— Butterfly Boucher

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure

Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of…

— John Legend

I usually start with a lyric or a melody and then build a song around that.

— Grace Potter

I love melodies so it's usually where I start.

— Sydney Sierota

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid

Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days, a few…

— Jack Johnson